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Leadership & Initiative Overload | N2Growth Blog

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This is the definition of presence, and it is only when we operate in the present that real creativity, growth and innovation occur. Operating in excess of that threshold will cause increased stress, lack of attention to detail and errant decisioning. Is your rubber-band stretched so tight that it’s about to snap?

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The Outsider Advantage: How Leaders Like Medtronic’s CFO Are Rewriting the Rules of Success

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Theyre demanding: Can they reinvent how we operate? Rather than chasing flashy innovations, Mulally streamlined Fords operations, introduced the transformative One Ford plan, and unified the company under a shared vision. Breaking the “Industry Insider” Myth Pitons success isnt an exceptionits a playbook.

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Leadership and Opportunity | N2Growth Blog

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Rarely will you come across a static opportunity in the sense that it will stand idle and wait for you to act…Significant opportunities are not only scarce, but they typically operate on the principal of diminishing returns. So much so, that if you don’t think timing is everything - think again.

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Loyalty vs. Tenure | N2Growth Blog

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These silos are staffed with legions of “tenured&# COBOL and C++ programmers, as well as &# tenured&# IT managers overseeing the operation. Walking into these organizations is often like traveling back in time 20 years.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

The harsh reality is that great numbers of leaders continue to operate in a vacuum by sequestering themselves away in the corner office and attempting to lead from afar. So the real question is this…how does a CEO get to the point of being so disconnected from operations that he or she just doesn’t have a clue?

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Shut-up & Listen | N2Growth Blog

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Even solid world class institutions like the University of California Berkeley under the leadership of Chancellor Birgeneau & Provost Breslauer are firing employees, staff, faculty and part-time lecturers through “Operational Excellence (OE) initiative”: last year 600 were fired, this year 300.

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Confidence vs. Arrogance | N2Growth Blog

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I think not. While confidence can be mistaken for arrogance, and vice-versa, they are clearly not interchangeable terms.

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